The Director General of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration is Mr. Pétur K. Maack. The Director General is supported by a the directors of the three main divisions Administration-, Flight Safety- and Air Navigation & Aerodromes Divisions as well as the chiefs of airworthiness-, flight operations-, aerodrome/security- and finance sections.

Mr. Petur K. Maack was appointed Director General January 1st January 2007.  

Mr Maack holds a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Technical University of Denmark, as well as a doctors degree in business engineering from the same university.

Prior to being appointed Director General, Mr. Maack was the director of Flight Safety Division of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration for almost 10 years.

Mr Maack´s experience before joining aviation is related to management consultancy for business as well as research and lectures at the University in Iceland and abroad. His main works was in the fields of industrial/business engineering and quality assurance. Mr. Maack was a professor at the University of Iceland for many years